Captain Tim Southee backed Rachin Ravindra to find a lot of success in Test cricket. The 24-year-old all-rounder played the lone warrior's role for Sri Lanka in their defeat in Galle on Monday.

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Rookie left-hander Rachin Ravindra’s unbeaten 91 gave New Zealand a slender chance for victory against Sri Lanka, with the tourists needing another 68 runs with two wickets in hand after Day Four of the first Test here on Sunday.

New Zealand’s opening batter Rachin is well versed in the subcontinent conditions because of his regular training in Anantapur, a small town in Andhra Pradesh.

Prabath Jayasuriya was unsurprisingly at the forefront of Sri Lanka's charge finishing with figures of 5 for 68, his eighth five-wicket haul and his seventh at Galle. He ended with match figures of 9 for 204, taking home the player of the match award.

Sri Lanka stayed on course for victory against New Zealand in the opening test in Galle despite Rachin Ravindra's unbeaten 91 on Sunday.

Chasing 275 for victory, New Zealand got off to a shaky start and kept losing wickets particularly to Sri Lankan spinners Prabath Jayasuriya (3-66) and Romesh Mendis (3-83), who tormented them on a day four track.

Rachin Ravindra's unbeaten 91 gave New Zealand a slender chance for victory against Sri Lanka, with the tourists needing another 68 runs with two wickets in hand after day four of the first Test.